Canada - The mayor and city council are to be commended for their decision with regards to fluoridation.
They did their own research and were well prepared. They also voiced the many concerns of the community at the meeting last Monday.
I was privileged to be allowed to speak that evening on the issue of corrosion.
The dentists from the Surgeons College have our best interests in mind, as far as dental hygiene; it is just that some of their information is out of date and we as a community are more than just teeth. There have been many research papers and decisions made with regards to toxicology, environmental and ethical concerns that are more recent than the data presented by them on that Monday evening.
One such is from the European Court of Justice and that fluoridated water must indeed be considered a medicine. The court ruled that “where two different sets of rules appear to apply to a product, medicinal legislation must take precedent, and the product must be regulated as a medicine. It emphasized that medicine regulators in member states do not have the power to exercise discretion on the classification of such dual-function products. The repeated refusal of the British and Irish regulators to recognize fluoridated water as a medicinal product is therefore an unlawful misuse of their powers, and one that requires immediate reversal.”
The implications of this decision are immense for the E.U. retail and wholesale food and drink preparation industry. It also implies that “mass medication” is unconstitutional.
The Centre for Disease Control Great Lakes Report of 2008 says the lakes are far more polluted than suspected and that infant mortality rates in the region are higher than normal.
Since 99 per cent of the fluoride would end up dumped into Superior, we would be adding to the problem.
The Ontario government requires that Toronto, Hamilton (fluoridated already) and Thunder Bay implement a corrosion program because the lead content in their drinking water is too high.
Adding highly corrosive fluoridation liquid with its numerous trace elements here would greatly aggravate our problems. Lead and copper poisoning in water are serious health concerns.
Considering that more than 90 per cent of the planet’s population does not use fluoridated water and that many countries, cites and governments around the world are re-evaluating the practice or have already ended it, I feel that the decision to put the issue into the hands of the people of Thunder Bay was the fairest that could be made.
Again, I must commend the mayor and her council. I think that their far-sightedness has looked at “the big picture” and they have acted in the best interests of all of our citizens and those who live around and drink from the Great Lakes.
M. Barbeau,
Thunder Bay
I was privileged to be allowed to speak that evening on the issue of corrosion.
The dentists from the Surgeons College have our best interests in mind, as far as dental hygiene; it is just that some of their information is out of date and we as a community are more than just teeth. There have been many research papers and decisions made with regards to toxicology, environmental and ethical concerns that are more recent than the data presented by them on that Monday evening.
One such is from the European Court of Justice and that fluoridated water must indeed be considered a medicine. The court ruled that “where two different sets of rules appear to apply to a product, medicinal legislation must take precedent, and the product must be regulated as a medicine. It emphasized that medicine regulators in member states do not have the power to exercise discretion on the classification of such dual-function products. The repeated refusal of the British and Irish regulators to recognize fluoridated water as a medicinal product is therefore an unlawful misuse of their powers, and one that requires immediate reversal.”
The implications of this decision are immense for the E.U. retail and wholesale food and drink preparation industry. It also implies that “mass medication” is unconstitutional.
The Centre for Disease Control Great Lakes Report of 2008 says the lakes are far more polluted than suspected and that infant mortality rates in the region are higher than normal.
Since 99 per cent of the fluoride would end up dumped into Superior, we would be adding to the problem.
The Ontario government requires that Toronto, Hamilton (fluoridated already) and Thunder Bay implement a corrosion program because the lead content in their drinking water is too high.
Adding highly corrosive fluoridation liquid with its numerous trace elements here would greatly aggravate our problems. Lead and copper poisoning in water are serious health concerns.
Considering that more than 90 per cent of the planet’s population does not use fluoridated water and that many countries, cites and governments around the world are re-evaluating the practice or have already ended it, I feel that the decision to put the issue into the hands of the people of Thunder Bay was the fairest that could be made.
Again, I must commend the mayor and her council. I think that their far-sightedness has looked at “the big picture” and they have acted in the best interests of all of our citizens and those who live around and drink from the Great Lakes.
M. Barbeau,
Thunder Bay
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